“I had one Muay Thai fight where I fought a girl who was her height,” said Torres of meeting the 4-foot-11 Van Buren.

Raquel Pennington enters the octagon in July against Irene Aldana at UFC Fight Night in San Antonio. “So I think climbing the ranks again would really be a tell-all for me, showing myself that I could have done it the whole time but I just needed to push a little bit more. That was a few months before they started dating. Despite fighting on the prelim portion of the card, Torres-Van Buren will have plenty of eyes on it because A) it sounds like a monster movie pitting the “Tiny Tornado” against “The Bull," B) It’s practically a guaranteed action fight, and C) the 5-foot-1 Torres will be fighting someone shorter than her for the first time in MMA. That was a few months before they started dating.

Her fight will take place five bouts after her fiancee, Tecia Torres, battles Brianna Van Buren at the same event.

I need to push and just be mean. Also, Pennington enters with what she describes as a “reset soul” from quarantine, where she “sat back and chilled” while spending time with family. Joined on a card by fiancée Tecia Torres, Pennington stormed past …

I'm just happy I'm fighting first because I feel like I'm the more nerve-wracked one (Laughs), so I'll be able to get mine over with and then I can worry about her.”. Posts about preps in the Pikes Peak region and Fantasy Football. Torres was so on board with the idea that she moved her scheduled fight back a week to join Pennington.

Tecia Torres’s girlfriend is Raquel Pennington.

I think this will probably be the smallest fight ever in the UFC, since I'm 5-1 and she's 4-11. She became engaged to fellow UFC fighter Raquel Pennington in May 2017. A place to discuss and debate fantasy sports. If Tecia Torres is playing the law of averages, it’s going to be a good night for her and her partner Raquel Pennington when they compete on the same card for third time on Saturday night in Las Vegas. 6) Tecia Torres. Please check your email for a confirmation.

“I’ve been trying to convince Tecia for years to get on the same card as me.”.

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Raquel Pennington was born in Colorado Springs and is currently 32 years old.

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“That hug match was really frustrating,” Pennington said.

LAS VEGAS – Tecia Torres admits she doesn’t know much about UFC 235 opponent Weili Zhang, despite the Chinese fighter being one the top prospects in the strawweight division. Raquel Pennington might ask for a plus-one at every fight moving forward. Pennington said Torres found the idea of fighting on the same night too stressful, but made an exception this time. Winds N at 10 to 15 mph.. A clear sky. • Jun. MORE UFC VEGAS 3: Significant Stats | Fight by Fight Preview | Fighters On The Rise | Fighters You Should Know, “I feel like every fight you want to go in and win and do your best, but I'm looking at it as we're both 0-0,” she said. If Tecia Torres is playing the law of averages, it’s going to be a good night for her and her partner Raquel Pennington when they compete on the same card for third time on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Abundant sunshine. 19, 2020, CALGARY, AB - JULY 28: Tecia Torres prepares to fight Joanna Jedrzejczyk of Poland in their women's strawweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at Scotiabank Saddledome on July 28, 2018 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

I'll train with one coach and she'll train with another coach and then we switch off and then spar together and it's been working really well for this fight.